Casing for bottles and the like.



G. P. ALTENBERG. GASING FOR BOTTLES AND THB LIKE. APPLICATION FILED JULY z2, 1912.

1,1 06,609. Patented Aug. 11,1914u To all 'whomt may concern.'

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GEORGE r, aLTENBnnG, or' cINCTNNATI, omo, assitance To THE ICY-HOT :BOTTLE COMPANY, or CINCINNATI, onto, a 'oonroRATToNon wnsT vInGTNTn.

cAsINe non BOTTLES AND THE LIKE.

' Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Ang. itil, 1214..

Beitknown that l, GEORGEP. ALTEN-a BERG, a citizen of the United States, residing# at Cincinnati; in the county of Hamilton and Stateof Ohio, have invented certain, new and useful Improvements in- Casings for Bottles and the like, of which the fol-5 lowing is a specification.

My invention relates to casings for bottles and the like, andv is shown as applied to a carafe.

In structures of this character, thebottle or container is made of fragile material, such as glass, and the casing is usually made of metal.V

lt is the object of'my invention to provide'novel means whereby the lcontainer yis securely 4held in the casing.

The invention will be further readily under-stood from the following description and claims, and from the drawing, 1n which latter: l

Figure l is a side elevation `ot my improved device, partly in central axial section on a 'line correspondingto the line 1 -1 of? Figxfl, and partly broken away. Fig. 2 is a cross-section of the casing of my improvedf device, taken on a line corresponding to the@ line 2 2 of Fig. 1, the container being Ashown (in plan view. JlTig. 3 is 4a detail in@ cross-section on a line corresponding to the line 3--3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4is a bottom view",lv of my improved device, partly brokeni away; and, Fig. 5 is a detail in section on;

the line 1-1 of. Fig. 4, showing, fin 'fulli lines, the relation between the container andi cushion when the casing-members are fully assembled, and showing their relation in4 dotted lines when the pins are in position; to enter the inclined slots. -1 l-20 represents the container, usually of fragile material, as glass. lt is Qinstancedl as a carafe of .the vacuum heat-insulated@ y p z' sheet-metal and having an outer threaded type '21 represents the-casing, wlnch 1s preferably formed up fromsheet metal, and com-f .prises an. upper member 22 and a lower j said members witn overlapping annular flanges 26, 27, the flange v26 being shown as' an outer flange on the ,upper member, and the flange 27 being shown as an inner iange .on the. lower member.4 Above the ange 26 there 1s fan annular bead 28 and below the 'flange 27 lthe'reis-a'n annular bead 2 9. The

upper wall. V30 `of lthe annular beadl 29 eX- tends inwardly to a greater extent than the `lower'wall 319i the upper bead. The dif- 'ference between the widths of the saidad# jacent'walls lof said beads is preferably equal to the thickness otone vof theanges.

,That is to say, the adjacent walls of the beads 28, 29, are of unequal radial extension, the wall from which lthe inner flange projects being of a width'greater than the adj acent wall of the bead from which the outer ange projects, equal to the thickness of said outer wall, so that in outward appearance the said beads are 'of substantially equal cross-section. For connecting said members, l rovide theouter Hange with inward protu erances 36, shown in theforrn of pins,?'which coperate with inclined slots Y 37 in the inner flange.` Each of these in# vclined slots merges -into a recess 88 located in the longitudinal projection of the inner lHarige' formed by a local bulge 39l ot the upper wall at the upper' end of Vsaid inclined slot. l .1f

4l is a pin which passes through ahole 42 insaid inner Hange and vifs normally pressed outwardly by a spring 43 secured to the inner face of'fsaid inner Hange, as by a rivet 44. ylhe pin 4l 4has a lrounded end 45 arranged to be received in' afhole 46 in the outenange. rllhe bottoni` 'of the lower member is provided with a central aperture 5 1, shown formed by an annular 'screwthreaded wall v 52 lrigidw-ith vthe lower member, f

53 isa shell, preferably formed 11p-trom wall 54 and lan innerv threaded wall55. 2

' ,56 is a resilient cushioning body received ico in said shell, and may be 4coimposed of.-

rubber. gIts u per Vend-coperaties with 'the rounded b :annularlip 58 which extends above the wall Ottm '57 :Of lfl16- C0117 i12 tainer and is preferably formed `with an body is preferably of cup-like form having bottom of said container. This cushioning an upper outer annular resilient lip.

.The outer threads of the shell coperate with the threads of the wall 52 and the inner threads of the Ashell coperate with the cush-v ioning body 56, so that the` cushioning body may be adjusted axially with relation to the shell and the shell adjusted axiallywith relation to the lower member. The cushioning body is preferably annular and has a central recess 59, shown as a bore extending through said cushioning body, forming a tubular body which is longitudinally compressed when the parts are assembled for affording extreme resiliency. The bottom 60 of the shell is preferably formed with a slot 61 through which an instrument, such as a-knife-blade or coin, may pass, into said recess 59, providing ready means for turn- V ing the shell in the lower member for adjusting the same axially. The adjustment desired is such that, when the parts are assembled, the base. 62 of the neck Vof the container, which is preferably of ogee form in cross-section, may impinge rmly against i the inner face of the upper portion 63 of the lar cross-sectional form.

upper member, which is preferably of simi- In assembling DtheI parts, the container is placed within t e upper and lower members of the casing, and the casing members have longitudinal movement imparted to themfor pushing the upper `member toward the lower member, and causing the pins 36 to pass through the recesses 38,. whereupon relative rotary movement is caused between the casing members, for causing said pins to enter and pass lengthwise along the in-l clined slots 37, until the locating or locking i pin 41 shall snap into the hole 46, when the parts are in assembled relation. The cush- `ioning body 56 and shell 53 having been properly adjusted, the proper cushioning force is exerted against the bottom of the v tact with the container of said cup-likecushion and yieldingof the latter to the pressure' exerted in thel clamping operation. The

' clamped relation of said cushion-lip and Y linesin Figs. 1'- and 5.

bottom olf the container is vshown in full Breakage of the parts is thus also avoided. Thel base of the 'neck finds lodgment in the similarly formed otted upper portion of the upper member ofthe casing.. My improved device provides a cushion- 1n`g support for the container within the casing which accommodates itself to the container, and centers t-he container with relation to the casing in assembling the same, -whereby the axis of the container is 4 caused to coincide with the axis of the casing, so that the neck of the container will protrude from the casing in true axial relation.

Having thus fully'described my invention, what I claim as new` and desire vto'secure by Letters Patent, is:

.1f In combination, an inner fragile contalner, an outer `casing having a central acting with saidv fragile container y for cushioning the same, and al shell vthe wall whereof-has inner threads and outer threads, said cushion being an integral bodyof elastic material coacting with said inner threads for adjustably positioning said cushion in said shell toward and from said fragile contamer, and saidouter threads of said shell coacting with said threaded wall for sil1multaneously adjustably positioning said shell and said cushion toward and from said fragile container.

2. In`V combinatlon, an inner fragile contalner, an outer caslng having a central threaded wall in its bottom,`a shell having threaded connectionwith said threaded wall for adjustably positioning said shell toward and from said inner fragile container, and a cushion coacting with said fragile container lthreaded wall in -its bottom, a cushion cofor cushioning the same, said cushion being an integral `structure of elastic material comprislng a tubular portion in said shell andan outwardly Haring upper end flaring outwardly across the upper end of the wall of-said shell and arranged for coaction with the-bottom of said 4inner fragile container for resiliently compressing said tubular portion in a direction lengthwise thereof and flexing said outwardly Haring .upper end across the upper end of the wall of saidA shell for cushioning said fragile container.

3. In comblnation, an inner fraglle container, an outer casing, an adjustable shellv 'in the bottom of s id casing adjustable toward andfrom said ragile container, said shell having an annular wall anda bottom, a cushion coacting with said. container, said cushion being an integral body of elastic material comprising a tubular portion and an outwardly flaring annular upper end portion integral with each other, said tubular portion receivedgin and extending parallel with said annular walll of the said shell 'and said outwardly Haring annular upper end portion arranged for being flexed from within said shell past and .overhanging the upper end of the wall of said shell for cushioning said fragile container above said shell, said shell having a bottom provided with a slot therethrough communicating with the bore of saidtubular portion of said cushion.

4. In comblnation, an inner container, an

' outer casing comprising an upperimember and a lower member,r sald members having f overlapping flanges,v the outer one of sald anges provided with inwardly extending protuberances .and the inner one of said flanges provided with inclined slots` located in the longitudinal projection of said inner iiange, the upper walls of said slots bent inwardly for forming bulges having recesses at their outer sides in the longitudinal projection of said inner flange, saidrecesses communicating with the outer ends of said inclined slots for receiving said protuberances, mating holes in said overlapping flanges, and an outwardly extending springpressed pin on said casing member provided with said inner fiange for locking said casing members in assembled relation, and a resilient cushion between the bottoms of said container and lower member.

In testimony 4whereof, I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE P. ALTENBERG.

Witnesses:

ALMA E. An'rxirrxme,v ALWIN J. SCHOCKMAN. 

